Chapter 28: Undercurrents

After entering the city, the two went to the horse shop they had been to before, and checked that the horse's wound was not very serious, probably only cut the outer skin of the neck, so Yue Xiaofei entrusted the horse to the owner of the horse shop to help take care of it, and also paid a fee, and Lin Rusheng also left the horse there by the way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Yue Xiaofei originally wanted to go back to the Li Mansion to rest, but Lin Rusheng asked him to go back to have a meal with him, Yue Xiaofei heard that he was going to Lin Rusheng's house, and he was also curious, so he agreed.

Lin Rusheng's home is not a place where he lives in the east of the city, which is full of mansions, according to him, the house where his father was originally there has been confiscated, but it has been empty, and no one else has lived in it.

The two chatted while walking, and on the way, Lin Rusheng also bought some cooked meat at the stall and brought it back, and asked Yue Xiaofei if he wanted to drink but was refused, after all, that kind of weak wine was really not to Yue Xiaofei's appetite.

Yue Xiaofei always thought that the entire Dayuan Mansion City was a relatively prosperous place, thinking that it was all blocks and mansions, but as they walked, the two of them seemed to be out of the city, and they actually saw the forest and some hillsides, and asked Lin Rusheng to know that the north and north of the mansion city were basically the same mountainous areas as outside the city, and the east was actually relying on a river from north to south, and the real city tower only had a wall running east-west towards the south gate. The other defenses were built on several sides of the mountains and rivers, and it was the terrain that prevented the area from many attacks during the war.

The two of them walked along a path to a forest, and saw a clearing in the forest where there was an area fenced off by a bamboo fence, and in the middle there was a dwelling with several houses connected to it, and it seemed that their destination was there.

In the open space in front of the house, there was a bent old woman who was holding a basket to feed a few domestic chickens in captivity in the corner of the courtyard, Lin Rusheng pushed open the bamboo door and made a clicking and rubbing sound, and opened his mouth to call Aunt Fu, the woman turned around and looked over, and a tired smile appeared on her face when she saw Lin Rusheng.

"The young master is back. The old woman who was called Aunt Fu by Lin Rusheng put down the basket that was feeding the chickens and wiped her hands on the apron, and shouted a little respectfully.

"Aunt Fu, how many times have you said it, it's okay to call me a Confucian student, you don't have to see the outside so much. Lin Rusheng beckoned Yue Xiaofei to come in and closed the bamboo door, and opened his mouth with some complaints.

"Then how to do it, how to say that there are still rules. Aunt Fu said with a smile, and then saw Yue Xiaofei behind Lin Rusheng, and asked with some confusion, "Who is this young master, your friend?"

"I'm here to introduce Aunt Fu, this is Yue Xiaofei's brother-in-law who saved me and Miss Li, Xiaofei, this is Aunt Fu who took care of me growing up. Lin Rusheng took the initiative to introduce each other.

"Hello Aunt Fu, my name is Yue Xiaofei, just call me Xiaofei. "Yue Xiaofei is rare and polite, after all, he is facing an old woman, and he has been taking care of him growing up, and it is not easy to come for so many years.

"Gongzi Yue is serious, and calling me an aunt is already very old. Aunt Fu looked very humble, and at first glance, she was a maid who had served a rich and noble family in the mansion before, and she had an air of dignity and distinction when she opened and closed her mouth.

"Okay, Aunt Fu, I'll buy some meat and come back, please go and pack it up and wait for dinner, we're all a little hungry." Lin Rusheng said and handed over the things he bought.

"Okay! Young Master and Son-in-law wait a minute, I'll go and prepare, and I'll be able to do it soon." Aunt Fu smiled and nodded to the two of them and left.

The two came to Lin Rusheng's study after Aunt Fu left, although the house was not big, but Lin Rusheng still vacated a small room to make a study, Yue Xiaofei went in and found that although the room was not big, there were three bookcases, which were full of neatly arranged books, so that the air in the study had a faint smell of ink and paper mixed with paper. Lin Rusheng's desk was a little messy, with written paper and randomly placed brushes, but the whole study still looked relatively neat and clean.

"Xiao Fei sits and drinks tea. Lin Rusheng picked up the teapot on the table, turned over the quilt and blew the dust inside with his mouth, as if no one had used it for a long time, and finally wiped it clean with a face towel before pouring the tea into it, and put it on the table to greet Yue Xiaofei.

"Xiao Fei come and sit down, this tea is the flower tea that Aunt Fu picked herself after drying it after this mountain, and it can be drunk when it is cold on weekdays, it is very useful to relieve the heat and fatigue, come and try it." ā€

Yue Xiaofei, who was looking around in the room, also walked over and sat down to take the tea and drank it all, quite a kind of heroism that can only be found when drinking, the key is that he has been walking for so long, and the weather is a little hot, he is really thirsty.

The two drank tea and chatted casually, and after half an hour, Aunt Fu came over to pass the meal, and after entering the study, it was rare to complain that Lin Rusheng had made the desk so messy again, so he naturally had to go over and start cleaning up, Lin Rusheng had to confess and say that he was embarrassed, and then helped to tidy it up together, and then went to eat.

At the dinner table, Aunt Fu looked very happy, saying that no one had been here as a guest for a long time, and that Yue Xiaofei looked very polite, much better than those sons and brothers in the city.

Aunt Fu asked a lot, and Yue Xiaofei also answered patiently, and suddenly there was a kind way of asking you questions when she went to a friend's house for dinner in her previous life, and it felt very familiar.

After the meal, the two returned to the study and sat down, through the open door, they could see Aunt Fu who was busy in the yard but always smiling, Lin Rusheng looked at it and sighed for a long time.

"Aunt Fu is my old wife who followed my mother to take care of our family when my father was there, after that incident, everyone else left, originally I was taken care of by other soldiers in the army in turn, and then Aunt Fu came to pick me up and take care of me, saying that the master used to say that he should not let Confucian students get in touch with the things of the army, and let him become a scholar. ā€

"What about the rest of your family?"

"Most of them are gone, some say that they have something to do with that incident, so they were also arrested and put in prison, I have never found the person at that time, I want to know what happened at that time, but I can't find anyone, and Aunt Fu never tells me. ā€

"Then have you asked your father's friends in the army, maybe they will know. ā€

"No, it's the same thing, they never tell me about it. Lin Rusheng shook his head helplessly, "Every time I ask, they also prevaricate me, maybe this matter has never been clear." ā€

"Maybe some things are not as simple as we think, and they don't tell you to protect you on behalf of your parents. ā€

"Maybe, I've never complained about them, and a lot of things are out of my own hands. Lin Ru nodded, and his tone was a little more vicissitudes for no reason.

The two were silent for a while, and Yue Xiaofei spoke again.

"You say, could it be that Wang Fu found someone to do the thing that hurt my horse?"

"It should be, Wang Fu likes to do something villainous behind other people's backs, maybe he was going to kill all the horses of the two of us today, but fortunately we found out in advance. ā€

"Damn, this kind of person is really.... Eat soft and be afraid of hard!" Yue Xiaofei thought for a while before finding an adjective that was not so vulgar, because he felt that it was in vain to scold this kind of person.

"There's no way, there are really few people who have overwhelmed him in Dayuan Mansion, his father is also in charge of power, to a certain extent, Li Gongzi can't really help him, his father's status is actually similar to that of the mansion master, but his real name is a little weaker. ā€

"This second generation of officials is really shameless.... Don't get me wrong, I won't talk about you!" Yue Xiaofei said and suddenly realized that Lin Rusheng seemed to be the second generation of officials, and hurriedly explained.

"This second generation of officials is quite a novel word, Xiao Fei, you often say things I haven't heard, but what kind of second generation of officials am I, compared to them, I am far behind. Lin Rusheng said with a self-deprecating smile and looked around at the furnishings in the room, and Yue Xiaofei immediately understood what he meant.

They are all the second generation of officials, and the gap is still somewhat obvious.

"However, Xiao Fei, I want to remind you, be careful in the city in the future, try not to contact him, I don't know what other means Wang Fu will use to disgust you. Lin Rusheng suddenly became very serious and advised Yue Xiaofei.

"Hmph, what can he do to me? I have the ability to find Zhang Feng! It's not me who beats him like a pig's head. Yue Xiaofei shrugged his shoulders, drinking tea and looking indifferent.

Lin Rusheng could only smile bitterly on the side.

At the same time, in a mansion in the eastern city of Dayuan Mansion, a young man with a swollen face and bruises was crying loudly in the hall.

"Dad, they don't give you face so much, I said your name, they still want to beat me, especially that Zhang Feng, who beat me in the face, how will I see people in the future!"

That person is not Wang Fu, who else can there be.

At this time, in the upper seat of the hall, a middle-aged man sat on the Taishi chair and tapped the table with his knuckles with a lot of gold, silver and jade rings, and looked at Wang Fu, who was beaten into a pig's head, in front of him, and kept silent.

This middle-aged man is the director of the Dayuan Mansion Arrest Department, Wang Fu's father Wang Li.

Wang Fu was still crying and crying, Wang Li stood up and walked in front of him and said coldly, "Did they beat you?"

"I didn't pay it back, how could such an honest person as me fight back! Didn't my father teach me to convince people with reason, and they didn't listen to me when I reasoned with them!

"Didn't fight back, did you? Wang Li sneered, raised his hand and slapped Wang Fu in the face again.

"Useless things! If someone beats you, you don't fight back, and you deserve to be beaten! It's still my people who lost it!"

Wang Fu didn't expect his father to beat him, so he covered his face and said loudly, "I didn't do it! I told those two people to do it! Those two wastes! I can't even beat a single Li Mu!"

Wang Fu was in a hurry to change his words and shirk responsibility, but he didn't expect Wang Li to come up and slap him backhand.

"I don't know who I sent to you, don't fool Lao Tzu here" This time Wang Fu was really beaten, covering his face and crying.

"Get out of here, save me from being annoyed!" Wang Li waved his hand, Wang Fu thought that he was going to be beaten again, and hurriedly ran away, leaving Wang Li looking at his back with a face full of sorrow and anger for his misfortune.

"You two also went down, I know what my son's style is, I have worked hard for you, I see that you are also injured, go and see, let the money be given to you." Wang Li turned around and instructed twice, two attendants, you look at me, I look at you, or confess and retreat.

Today, these three people all felt that something was wrong with Wang Li, he was definitely not like this on weekdays, but no one dared to ask, for fear of touching the mold.

"Lord Wang, why are you so angry today, even Prince Wang has started to fight. Wang Li sat back on the Taishi's chair and was silent, and a voice suddenly turned out from behind the curtain, it was a young man in a pure black robe, who was looking at Wang Li with a smile at this time.

"Hmph, it's not that the rabbit cub is not angry, he knows every day to block me!" Wang Fu saw that the young man's face changed slightly, and he still hummed and said.

"Haha, Lord Wang is afraid that Wang Gongzi has no intention of startling the snake. The young man laughed and sat down.

"Originally, it was a critical moment to appear, and this rabbit cub still caused trouble for me, and there were so many unstable nodes, so that I didn't have to worry?"

"If Lord Wang said that the unstable person was talking about Lin Rusheng, I don't think there is any need to worry. ā€

"I'm not talking about Lin Rusheng, what is there to worry about that waste man, I'm talking about the person who saved Li Yun'er and Lin Rusheng, it seems to be called Yue Xiaofei, such a person of unknown origin appeared at this node, and he lived in Li Zhi's house in a grand manner, how can it not be suspicious. ā€

"Don't worry about these little things, we will take care of them later, and now, the overall situation has been decided, just wait for the time to come. The young man smiled indifferently.

"I hope so. Wang Li stood up and walked outside with his hands behind his back, and the young man followed him with a smile.

"It's time for the day of this Great Source Mansion to change. ā€

The faint sigh of Wang Li, who was about to walk out of the door, made the smile of the young man who heard this voice even more meaningful.

When all this happened, Yue Xiaofei had just left Lin Rusheng's house and returned to the Li Mansion.

He is more and more familiar with the road of the Li Mansion, and there are many people on the road who will greet Xing Li, and unconsciously he has lived here for a long time and integrated into the Li Mansion.

Yue Xiaofei was going to the courtyard where Li Yun'er lived at this time, because he wanted to give her the tea cakes that Lin Rusheng entrusted him to bring to Li Yun'er.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Yue Xiaofei was stunned again.

Li Yun'er was sitting on a swing by the yard and swaying, with an innocent smile on her face.

And all that made him stunned was Xiao Cui, who was dancing alone in the courtyard.

This time, there was no other musical accompaniment, and I could only vaguely hear Xiao Cui humming a tune softly with the dance steps.

didn't wear the dance skirt that Li Yun'er wore before, it was just the clothes of the maid she wore on weekdays, but a smile between the dance steps, as well as the dancing of her waist and arms, gave Yue Xiaofei a completely different feeling from before.

After a long time, Yue Xiaofei was drinking alone, and there was no one in front of him, but he vaguely remembered that he saw this dance that day, and vaguely remembered the person who danced this dance.